Improvement in game-counters



S. BRETZFIELD & F. STERNHEIMER GAME-COUNTER.

No.171,764. Patented. Jan. 4, 1876 Z Z Z2. Z3

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL BRETZFIELD AND FRIEDMAN STERNHEIMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAME-COUNTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,764, dated January 4, 1876; application filed November 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL BRETZFIELD and FRIEDMAN STERNHEIMER. both of the city of New York, county and State of .New York, have invented certain Improvements in Apparatus for Recording Billiard -Games, of which the following is a specification The object of our invention is to provide for an apparatus which will record with certainty every single game, as well as the total number of games, played on a billiard-table during the day.

Referring to the accompanying drawing,

'forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a front view of our improved apparatus for recording billiard-games. Fig. II is a detached back view of the recording tube and shaft, and Fig. III is an enlarged detached sectional view of Fig. II, taken on line a 00. I

A is a frame, consisting of four vertical standards, I) b 1) b held together by the horizontal cross-pieces 0 c and ornamental top d. At or near the top of the standards b b 1) b and penetrating them, is horizontally placed a tube or cylinder, E. In the interior of this tube or cylinder is placed a rod, I, resting and rotating in the journals ff fastened to the outside ofthe standards I) and N. g g g are spring-stops fastened on the rod 1.

A slot, j, is cut through the tube E, and by revolving the rod I the ends of the springstops will extend through the slot outside the tube, allowing the indication marks or buttons K K for indicating the points of the 7 game to be moved forward, but prevent them from being moved backward. h is another spring-stop, also fastened on the rod 1.

A slot, 6, is cut in the tube near the standards b and b and when the rod 1 is turned the end of the stop It will also extend through the slot 1, and allow the sleeve m to be passed forward only. Between the sleeve m and the standard I) is placed a spiral spring z, which serves to throw forward the buttons K.

Similar stops, slots, buttons, spring and sleeve, in every respect alike to those heretobefore described, are placed in and on the tube E between the standards I) and b thus making a separate record for each player.

The operation of our improved recording apparatus is as follows: When the game begins, all the buttons necessary to record the same are moved toward and near to the standards b and b The rod I is then turned by means of a key placed over its square end 1), until all the stops project through the tube E. The apparatus is now placed in working order to record the points of the game. It is obvious that, as the first button on each side is moved toward the standards 11 and b the sleeve and spring on each side are also moved up toward the standards I) and b where the said sleeves are caught and held by the stops h. The other buttons, as the game pr0gresses,.

are moved in the same direction until the game is finished by one of the players.

In order to begin a new game the rod I is turned so as to conceal the ends of all the stops inside of the tube E, which releases the sleeve, and through the action of the spiral spring throws the buttons toward the standards b and b The revolving of the rod each time a game is to be commenced records by any suitable device on a dial, P, placed on the standard I) in a line with the rod that a single game has been played. At the same time a (lial, R, placed on the standard I), in line with the rod, records the total number of games played during any given time.

Having thus described our invention, we

desire to claim- The rod I, with stops g g g and h, tube E, with slots j and l, sleeve m, spiral spring a, in combination with the buttons K, the standards b b 1) b frame A, and dials P and R, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL BRETZFIELD.- FRIEDMAN STERNHEIMER. Witnesses:

ANTON O. ORoNDAL, FRANKLIN BARRITT. 

